May 21st, 2024 By Spud

Date: 5-21-2024

Pax: Crabgrass, Hush Puppy, Deertick, Hops, Loveboat, Fire Chicken, Private Ryan, El Abogado, Psycho T, Popeye, Trick Daddy, Professor, Scooter, Spud.

14 men showed up, bereft of any TimeLaps veterans, but full of hope and expectation.  Nice temps out.

WARM-UP:

El Ab’s favorite, a half mile mosey up to the Neuro office at the corner of Lake Concord and Burrage for

• SSH x 20 (40 in total!)
• IST x 10
• Loose change x 10
• Arm Circles

Mosey down Burrage over to Calvary Lutheran entrance hill for

THANG

Ladder of Dry docks at the bottom of the hill and reverse crunches at the top of the hill.  Start with 35 dry docks and 5 reverse crunches and increase/decrease by 5 each go around until you hit 5 dry docks and 35 reverse crunches.  Everyone finished up top with a nice gentle stroll down the hill, noting the sign saying “Go in Peace, Serve the Lord.”

Mosey back the short way, playing frogger across Branchview down the dragstrip, over/through a pile of human feces behind the dentist’s office, and back to ASEC for

MARY

No time

COT:

Prayed for Prof’s mentee Joe who passed of cancer leaving behind 2 young children, Crabgrass’s coworker who has fallen ill, a worker at Crabgrass’s plant who lost his wife, and praises for Loveboat’s sister getting her doctorate.

MOLESKIN:

40+2 days ain’t that much different from 39 and 363 days, which is why I didn’t go too deep into 40, other than the reps because that’s what’s expected.  Just here to kick ass and take names as I always try to do.  Everyone stuck with it to the best of their abilities and nobody got hit by a car which is typically a good thing.  Just around 3 or so miles of hilly goodness.  On the way back like 4 or 5 dudes, Q included, stepped in shit, which Ticky advised was left by a human, potentially Frosty.  If a bunch of us are out with ecoli soon, you’ll know why.  Everyone sweated, which is always the goal.

The perception that 40 is now the downside of your life is way outdated.  People live longer, medicine is better, food is healthier (you just have to find it).  Unfortunately the narrative alone defeats many people, causes them to give up, not power through injuries, pain, or their alarm clock.  When people give up on wellness, they give up on their families, their future, and themselves.  The men of F3Concord inspire me as they show that giving up cannot be an option.  We had a 57 year old guy run a month’s worth of marathons across North Carolina.  Several 50 somethings ran up and down the mountains of North Carolina for several years.  A bunch of 40 and 50 somethings just finished a 24 hour trail race (and then, to a man, abandoned the Q’s 40th birthday Q. Sad!).  It’s an accountability mindset sort of thing that F3 prepares you for.  Many people will never get in the shape most of us are in during their entire lives.  So screw that mindset, screw that narrative, and let’s keep bucking the trends.  Let’s continue to be there for each other, support each others exploits, and inspire each other as we dominate the calendar and win this race that they call life.  Let’s keep each other alive.

-Spud

“If you look into the distance, there’s a house upon the hill

Guiding like a lighthouse, it’s a place where you’ll be safe to feel our grace

cause we’ve all made mistakes and if you’ve lost your way

I will leave the light on” – Tom Walker

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